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The list of longest reigning Monarchs of all time details monarchs and lifelong leaders who reigned for more than 50 years, sorted by length of reign:
| Name | Country | Succession | Reign Ended | Length of Reign |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepi II Neferkare[1][2] | Ancient Egypt | 2278 BC | 2184 BC | 94 years |
| Taejo | Goguryeo (Korea) | 53 | 146 | 93 years |
| Sobhuza II[3] | Swaziland | December 10, 1899 | August 21, 1982 | 82 years, 254 days |
| Jangsu | Goguryeo (Korea) | 413 | 491 | 78 years |
| Karl Friedrich | Baden | May 12, 1738 | June 10, 1811 | 73 years, 29 days |
| Louis XIV | France | May 14, 1643 | September 1, 1715 | 72 years, 110 days |
| Triệu Vũ Vương | Triệu Dynasty (Ancient Viet Nam) | 207 BC | 136 BC | 71 years |
| Johannes II | Liechtenstein | November 12, 1858 | February 11, 1929 | 70 years, 91 days |
| Karl August | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | May 28, 1758 | June 14, 1828 | 70 years, 17 days |
| Pandukabhaya[4] | Anuradhapura | 437 BC | 367 BC | 70 years |
| Shapur II[5] | Persian Empire, Sassanid Dynasty | 309 | 379 | 70 years |
| Ponhea Yat | Khmer Empire | 1393 | 1463 | 70 years |
| Friedrich V[6] | Inner Austria | June 10, 1424 | August 19, 1493 | 69 years, 70 days |
| Friedrich V | Hesse-Homburg | February 7, 1751 | January 20, 1820 | 68 years, 347 days |
| K'inich Janaab' Pakal | Palenque | July 29, 615 | August 31, 683 | 68 years, 33 days |
| Franz Joseph I | Austria | December 2, 1848 | November 21, 1916 | 67 years, 355 days |
| Henry III | Meissen | January 18, 1221 | February 15, 1288 | 67 years, 28 days |
| Malietoa Tanumafili II[7] | Samoa | 1940 | May 11, 2007 | 67 years |
| Ramesses II | Ancient Egypt | 1279 BC | 1213 BC | 66 years |
| Leopold III | Anhalt-Dessau | December 16, 1751 | August 9, 1817 | 65 years, 236 days |
| Ferdinand III | Sicily | October 6, 1759 | January 4, 1825 | 65 years, 90 days |
| Friedrich Wilhelm | Hohenzollern-Hechingen | January 13, 1671 | November 14, 1735 | 64 years, 305 days |
| Amoghavarsha | Rashtrakuta Empire | 814 | 878 | 64 years |
| Anton Günther | Oldenburg | 1603 | June 19, 1667 | 64 years |
| Sultan Ibrahim | Johor (Malaysia) | June 4, 1895 | May 8, 1959 | 63 years, 338 days |
| Victoria | United Kingdom and the British Empire | June 20, 1837 | January 22, 1901 | 63 years, 216 days |
| Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | Thailand | June 9, 1946 | current(1) | 63 years, 202 days+ |
| Friedrich August I (Friedrich August III before 1806) |
Saxony | December 17, 1763 | May 5, 1827 | 63 years, 139 days |
| Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa | (Bahrain) | December 1, 1869 | December 9, 1932 | 63 years, 8 days |
| James I | Aragon | September 12, 1213 | July 27, 1276 | 62 years, 319 days |
| Bernhard II | Saxe-Meiningen | December 24, 1803 | September 20, 1866 | 62 years, 270 days |
| Hirohito (Shōwa) | Japan | December 25, 1926 | January 7, 1989 | 62 years, 13 days |
| Kangxi Emperor[8] | Qing (China) | February 7, 1661 | December 20, 1722 | 61 years, 316 days |
| Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi | Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) | July 17, 1948 | current(1) | 61 years, 164 days+ |
| Victor Amadeus | Anhalt-Bernburg | September 22, 1656 | February 14, 1718 | 61 years, 145 days |
| Ernst Ludwig | Hesse-Darmstadt | August 31, 1678 | September 12, 1739 | 61 years, 12 days |
| Qianlong Emperor | Qing (China) | October 18, 1735 | February 8, 1796 | 60 years, 113 days |
| Friedrich Günther | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | April 28, 1807 | June 28, 1867 | 60 years, 61 days |
| Mutasiva | Rajarata | 367 BC | 307 BC | 60 years |
| Christian IV | Denmark | April 4, 1588 | February 28, 1648 | 59 years, 330 days |
| Karl I | Hesse-Kassel | December 1, 1670 | March 23, 1730 | 59 years, 112 days |
| George III | United Kingdom | October 25, 1760 | January 29, 1820 | 59 years, 96 days |
| Honoré III | Monaco | November 7, 1733 | January 19, 1793 | 59 years, 73 days |
| Louis XV | France | September 1, 1715 | May 10, 1774 | 58 years, 251 days |
| Pedro II | Brazil | April 7, 1831 | November 15, 1889 | 58 years, 222 days |
| Ludovico I | Saluzzo | October 1416 | April 8, 1475 | 58 years, 189 days |
| Nikola I | Montenegro | August 13, 1860 | November 26, 1918 | 58 years, 105 days |
| Nan | Zhou (China) | 314 BC | 256 BC | 58 years |
| Harald I | Norway | 872 | 930 | 58 years |
| Elizabeth II | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the other Commonwealth realms |
February 6, 1952 | current(1) | 57 years, 325 days+ |
| Wilhelmina | The Netherlands | November 23, 1890 | September 4, 1948 | 57 years, 286 days |
| James VI | Scotland | July 24, 1567 | March 27, 1625 | 57 years, 246 days |
| Karl | Nassau-Usingen | February 14, 1718 | June 21, 1775 | 57 years, 127 days |
| Karl Eusebius | Liechtenstein | February 12, 1627 | April 5, 1684 | 57 years, 53 days |
| Honoré II | Monaco | November 29, 1604 | January 10, 1662 | 57 years, 42 days |
| Mithridates VI | Pontus | 120 BC | 63 BC | 57 years |
| Sourigna Vongsa | Lan Xang (Laos) | 1637 | 1694 | 57 years |
| Karl Eugen | Württemberg | March 12, 1737 | October 24, 1793 | 56 years, 226 days |
| Karl IV Theodor | Palatinate | December 31, 1742 | February 16, 1799 | 56 years, 47 days |
| Alfonso VIII | Castile | August 31, 1158 | October 5, 1214 | 56 years, 35 days |
| Henry III | England | October 19, 1216 | November 16, 1272 | 56 years, 28 days |
| Zhaoxiang | Qin (China) | 306 BC | 250 BC | 56 years |
| Sargon of Akkad | Akkadian Empire (Iraq) | 2270 BC | 2215 BC | 56 years |
| Mun | Balhae | 737 | 793 | 56 years |
| Lý Nhân Tông | Lý Dynasty (Viet Nam) | 1072 | 1127 | 56 years |
| Mwezi IV | Burundi | 1852 | 1908 | 56 years |
| Rainier III | Monaco | May 9, 1949 | April 6, 2005 | 55 years, 332 days |
| Sisavang Vong | Laos | March 26, 1904 | October 29, 1959 | 55 years, 217 days |
| Abdullah I Al-Sabah | Kuwait | September 5, 1758 | May 3, 1814 | 55 years, 240 days[9] |
| Vittorio Amedeo II | Savoy | June 12, 1675 | September 3, 1730 | 55 years, 83 days |
| Mu | Zhou (China) | 977 BC | 922 BC | 55 years |
| Nguyễn Hoàng | Nguyễn Lords (Viet Nam) | 1558 | 1613 | 55 years |
| Ismail | Morocco | 1672 | 1727 | 55 years |
| Ernst I | Saxe-Altenburg | August 3, 1853 | February 7, 1908 | 54 years, 188 days |
| Josef Franz Ernst | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | October 20, 1715 | December 8, 1769 | 54 years, 49 days |
| Wilhelm | Brunswick | September 10, 1830 | October 18, 1884 | 54 years, 38 days |
| Wu | Han (China) | 141 BC | 87 BC | 54 years |
| Psamtik I | Ancient Egypt | 664 BC | 610 BC | 54 years |
| Emperor Renzong | Western Xia (China) | 1139 | 1193 | 54 years |
| Ntare IV | Burundi | 1796 | 1850 | 54 years |
| Thutmose III | Ancient Egypt | 1479 BC | 1425 BC | 54 years |
| Maximilian I | Bavaria | October 15, 1597 | September 27, 1651 | 53 years, 347 days |
| Leopold IV | Anhalt-Dessau | August 9, 1817 | May 22, 1871 | 53 years, 286 days |
| Leopold I | Anhalt-Dessau | August 7, 1693 | April 7, 1747 | 53 years, 243 days |
| Frederick III | Holy Roman Empire | February 2, 1440 | August 19, 1493 | 53 years, 198 days |
| Cosimo III de' Medici | Tuscany | May 23, 1670 | October 31, 1723 | 53 years, 161 days |
| Jinpyeong | Silla | 579 | 632 | 53 years |
| Chongzong | Western Xia (China) | 1086 | 1139 | 53 years |
| Georg Wilhelm | Schaumburg-Lippe | December 15, 1807 | November 21, 1860 | 52 years, 342 days |
| Bimbisara | Magadha Empire | 543 BC | 491 BC | 52 years |
| Uzziah[10] | Judah | 792 BC | 750 BC | 52 years |
| Fan Yi | Champa | 284 | 336 | 52 years |
| Lone Horn | Lakota | 1823 | 1875 | 52 years |
| Tahmasp I | Persian Empire, Safavid Dynasty | May 23, 1524 | May 14, 1576 | 51 years, 357 days |
| Haakon VII | Norway | November 18, 1905 | September 21, 1957 | 51 years, 307 days |
| Friedrich Franz I | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | April 24, 1785 | February 1, 1837 | 51 years, 283 days |
| Yeongjo | Joseon | August 30, 1724 | March 5, 1776 | 51 years, 188 days |
| Henry IV | Germany | July 17, 1054 | December 31, 1105 | 51 years, 167 days |
| Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah | Kedah (Malaysia) | July 15, 1958 | current(1) | 51 years, 166 days+ |
| Franz Joseph II | Liechtenstein | July 25, 1938 | November 13, 1989 | 51 years, 111 days |
| Friedrich I | Baden | September 5, 1856 | September 28, 1907 | 51 years, 23 days |
| Alfonso II | Asturias (Spain) | 791 | 842 | 51 years |
| Vinayaditya | Hoysala Empire | 1047 | 1098 | 51 years |
| Pedro IV | Aragon | January 24, 1336 | January 6, 1387 | 50 years, 347 days |
| Sigismund | Kingdom of Hungary | March 31, 1387 | December 9, 1437 | 50 years, 253 days |
| Mwambutsa IV | Burundi | December 16, 1915 | July 8, 1966 | 50 years, 204 days |
| Edward III | England | January 25, 1327 | June 21, 1377 | 50 years, 147 days |
| Ivan IV | Russia | December 3, 1533 | March 18, 1584 | 50 years, 106 days |
| Ping | China (Zhou Dynasty) | 770 BC | 720 BC | 50 years |
| Shengzong | China (Liao Dynasty) | 981 | 1031 | 50 years |
| An Dương Vương | Thục Dynasty (Ancient Viet Nam) | 257 BC | 207 BC | 50 years |
| Bhavavarman I | Khmer Empire | 550 | 600 | 50 years |
| Mentuhotep II | Ancient Egypt | 2060 BC | 2010 BC | 50 years |
| Prince Brahmāthat of Chanthaburi | Chanthaburi (Chanthaburi Ancient) | 806 BC | 856 BC | 50 years |
| Hantili II | Hittite Empire | 1500 BC | 1450 BC | 50 years |
Footnotes
Note (1): For current monarchs, "Length of Reign" means length up to 24 March 2009.
- ^ Pepi II's figure has been disputed by some Egyptologists who favour a shorter reign length of 64 years, given the absence of attested dates known for Pepi after his 31st Count, which would equate to 62 years assuming the count to be biennial.
- ^ Japanese legendary emperors, according to the ancient Japanese calendar, ruled for very long terms of 60-70 years each. The longest ruler of the legendary emperors, Emperor Kōan, was claimed to have ruled for about 101 years. These figures are not included in the table because they are regarded as inaccurate by modern scholars.
- ^ He was proclaimed king at the age of four months, and his grandmother, Labotsibeni Mdluli, acted as regent until 22 December 1921: Swaziland National Trust Commission website, retrieved 29 August 2008. TheRoyalist.net takes the date of succession as the date on which his grandmother handed over the royal duties to him, not when he was proclaimed king.
- ^ Pandukabhaya of Sri Lanka Pandukabhaya (437 BC - 367 BC) Son of Princess Umaddha Citta had entrusted the education of her son, Pandukabhaya, to a Brahmin by the name of Pandula. This Brahmin made his own son, Canda, the fellow student of the Prince and the two became good friends. Pandukabhaya married a beautiful princess named Swarnapali (Pali), daughter of Girikandasiva, an uncle of his who was governing the territory of Girikandaka. They were consecrated King and Queen of Lanka. Pandukabhaya founded the city of Anuradhapura and the seat of government was moved to the new city. He appointed his friend, Canda (son of his Brahin teacher), to the office of Adigar (Minister). He also appointed his uncle Abhaya, Mayor of the city. To his father-in-law Girikandasiva he restored the city of Girikandaka. He devoted much of his time to the the adornment and civil government of the new capital city of Anuradhapura. Agriculture too received his due share of attention. He constructed the Jaya Wewa and Gamini Wewa. Magnificent was the tolerance and encouragement of all religious systems during this period of Lanka’s history. He also built a special palace for his mother, Umaddha Citta, at Anuradhapura. He died after having reigned for seventy years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandukabhaya
- ^ Shapur II was crowned in utero: the crown was placed upon his mother's belly. This child, named Shapur, was therefore born king; the government was conducted by his mother and the magnates.
- ^ also a long-serving Holy Roman Emperor as Friedrich III
- ^ New Zealand administered Western Samoa first as a League of Nations Mandate and then as a United Nations trusteeship until the country received its independence on 1 January 1962 as Western Samoa.
- ^ His father died in his early twenties, and as Kangxi was not able to rule in his minority, the Emperor Shunzhi appointed Sonin, Suksaha, Ebilun, and Oboi as the Four Regents. Sonin died soon after his granddaughter was made the Empress, Heseli, leaving Suksaha at odds with Oboi politically. In a fierce power struggle, Oboi had Suksaha put to death, and seized absolute power as sole Regent. For a while Kangxi and the Court accepted this arrangement. In 1669 the Emperor arrested Oboi with help from the Xiao Zhuang Grand Dowager Empress and began to take control of the country himself.
- ^ http://www.royalark.net/Kuwait/kuwait4.htm
- ^ The Bible
See also
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